Parody and Pastiche

Parody - A Parody is a work that mimics in an absurd or ridiculous way the conventions and style of another work - in order to derive ridicule, ironic comment or affectionate fun. 

Pastiche - is the imitation of another text, work, artist or period. 

Both Parody and Pastiche are work of the Post-modernist theorist Fredrick Jamison, Fredrick Jamison argues that nothing is original in postmodernism and that everything uses another as a stimulus.He once described postmodernism as the spatialization of culture under the pressure of organised capitalism. 

Example of Parody

Original image by Leonardo Da Vinci                                           
             The Mona Lisa
          Circa 1503 - 1507










 Duchamps Parody of the Mona                                       
Lisa adds a Goatee and a mustache 






Example Of Pastiche 

Rizzle Kicks 

Chris Cunningham

Chris Cunningham created the music video 'frozen' for the hit singer Madonna, Chris in his early years had worked with short films and also making them . While producing short films he was asked to do work in music production. He had used his talents and skills to produce some of the most well known videos today. When starting work in the music business he had worked with Warp records. The first video that I had looked at that was produced by Chris cunningham was Madonna frozen, the second video that I will be looking will be by 'Aphex twins'. In my opinion I think that most of the videos that he will involved with are focused on one point. Horror, gothic, dark and deep emotion.In his short movie career he had mainly produced dark films. Examples of these are Alien 3, Alien and Rubber Johnny. All of these films are aimed at a specific crowd, dark and twisted. He also shows this in his music videos, an example of this is in the two music videos, Madonna frozen and Aphex twins come to daddy. In the music videos they contain many different edits and cuts, but they are not shown in the video - this makes it look like it was simple and took no effort.In the video above it shows Chris Cunningham's style, it shows the dark, creepy and emotional. The overall video is about the darkness and the emotion. This is shown by the children in the video, edits and the actors.The video below is another example of Chris Cunningham's work, the video is Madonna Frozen. Again in the video it shows the dark and emotion that is involved with the producer. Chris Cunningham has a pattern that he follows when making videos.

lip syncing

This morning I had performed the 'lip syncing task', in this task I had to lip sync a song from the band 'Foo Fighters'. The song that I had lip synced with two others was learn to fly, I found this task not so challenging, however the other two people felt ashamed  and couldn't do the lip syncing.

Simulation - Simulations generally come in three styles: live, virtual and constructive. A simulation also may be a combination of two or more styles.



Simulacra - Something that replaces reality with its representation. Jean Baudrillard in "The Precession of Simulacra"


Hyper reality -hyperreality is generally defined as a condition in which what is real and what is fiction are blended together so that there is no clear distinction between where one ends and the other begins.

Music and Me

I've always loved listening to music but the songs I listen to now are very different to back when I was a child. I always remember listening to old bands with my dad as he took me to school or around the house.

CHILDHOOD
This song reprsents my childhood because it was one of the first songs that I remember listening to. Me and my dad used to listen to this song when he was taking me to after school sports or just general driving. I still listen to this band quite a bit because it reminds me of the past.
     
                                  Pink Floyd - wish you where here

TRAVELLING
When I was a kid I worked for my dad quite a bit over the summer holidays, we travelled to Manchester on deliveries in my dads van. The song that I decode and relate to my past experiances is JCB by Nizlopi.



However the music I listen to now differs to the old ones. I listen to a lot of calm music and some up beat songs, the genre I listen to are mainly indie or dubstep.


                               Mumford and sons - hopeless wanderer




That was just one example of the songs I enjoy, I also like artists like Ben Howard, Gabrielle Aplin, and many more. My taste in music can differ to genres like house music to indie folk because I like songs with meaning and soemthing that can relate to my schemas.

What Makes a Good Music Video?

The music video I will be talking about and analysing in this blog post will be Of Monsters and Men - king and lionheart.




Instant impact - The main impact of this music video is the story and how it is being shown in the music video. The song is about a mother whos son had been taken away from her. However the mother never gives up looking for the boy. The video is very over exaggerated with monsters and spirits. This music video is very artistic and has a lot of different camera angles and effects to show the story as it would feel in real life. It reminds me how George milies made is short films and old movies it shot of has that theme.

Linear editing - In this video there are a lot of edits and CGI, this would have been done in the post production stage to get the video the way the band what the video to look. The angles and shot that the camera used were very noticeable , for instance there is a lot slow motion and close ups in the whole music video.

Visual pleasures-  The quality of the video is if a high standed, ranging up to 720p to 1080p making it very clear to look at. The mise- en - scene is very dark and not well lite throughout the whole video. Even though the lighting is of a low key bis goes well with the song. dark and mysterious and emotional, this is suited towards the song and the video.

Wow factor - The video has a unique wow factor, when watching the video it gives a sense of emotion. This song is a very 'get up and do it' song, the whole theme is very interesting and original, they' ve made the  video look like an old movie with the set design and the 3D look to it.

Pop Culture - The video does now show any evidence of a pop culture, the song is aimed towards a certain culture and fan base. This is shown by the song itself and the instruments used.

Analyses of Coursework

1b) Analyses one of your coursework productions in relation to the concept of audience.

'Division' is the Magazine i made in AS media studies, Its a three page magazine containing the front cover, contents page and also the double page spread. 'Division' is what i'm going to be analysing. I will be focusing on the audience side of the magazine. However, i will be looking at aspects such age, Gender etc. 

'Division' is a Indie magazine that is based in the UK, it is looking at new and upcoming artist within the UK. By getting its inspiration of bands and artists such as Mumford and Sons, Two Door Cinema Club, Lucy Rose, Ben Howard and Of Monsters and Men. I realised that the magazine should be aimed at teenagers because they're coming into the stage of thinking on their own and indie is getting well known in the younger generation. Teenagers of todays generation want to be their own person, by liking things other people are familiar with and finding upcoming artist better than the 'mainstream' artists. This is also because of the audiences personality. The targeted audiences personality is very much the same as it is a group. Indie have a  distinct lifestyle as they have the own fashion sense and they 'set the trend'  

For  my coursework I will be looking at the Genre 'Indie'. The genre Indie will be related to the work to come. Each piece of work that I create will be relevant, even in this piece. I have recently created a music Magazine in my last course  that is also relevant to the genre of my choice - Indie. Front cover, Contents page and a double page spread.

The images that are on my media product are related to the genre and the Magazine, the images are about people that represent the genre and the Magazine.